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The Monday Memo is a weekly electronic newsletter published for the faculty and staff of Eastern New Mexico University.

Next Week's Monday Memo Will Be Produced by Students – Next week's Monday Memo will be produced by Communication Services students Robin Haislett, Erin Griffith and Jessica Eden. Please send items for the issue directly to the Monday Memo and not to Wendel's personal inbox.

Dr. Manuel Varela, professor of biology, and personnel from his research laboratory have had a paper accepted for publication by the editor of the refereed scientific journal “World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology.” The title of the new work is "Elucidation of Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profiles and Genotyping of Salmonella enterica Isolates from Clinical Cases of Salmonellosis in New Mexico in 2008." Co-authors include K.P. Smith (ENMU graduate student), Jeffy George (collaborator, College of Fisheries, Mangalore, India), Kathy Cadle (ENMU undergraduate), Dr. Sanath Kumar (ENMU postdoctoral fellow), Steve Aragon (ENMU undergraduate), Ricardo Hernandez (ENMU graduate student), Suzy Jones (ENMU alumnus, M.S., ‘09), and Jody Floyd (ENMU graduate student).

Dr. Amy C. Hazelrigg, Curriculum and Instruction, recently gave a presentation on reading strategy instruction at the annual conference of the New Mexico Council of Teachers of English and a presentation on the language of science at the yearly meeting of the New Mexico Adult Education Association.

The 27th Anniversary Issue of MÖBIUS—The Poetry Magazine (Flushing, New York), Fall 2009, contains two poems by Antony Oldknow, Languages and Literature: “Clown King” p. 29, and “Artists” p.45. The texts of the two poems follow:

Some paintings of Napoleon show him as a clown,
A sad clown with his hand at his breast.
Good man, Napoleon, loved his mother,
Sisters, brothers, all his relatives, made
Them colorful clowns like him, got the clown Pope
To crown him, chased all the western clown kings
From their circuses, rode circus horses
Among the stunt cannons and acrobats.

Napoleon’s dancing men and maidens shot
Into the air, falling with comic stares,
Grotesque poses, and lots of smoke, while he,
A little clown poised on a hill, sat posed
In thought on an intelligent gray horse,
A laughing reaper in a field of ghosts.

Busy carrying his equipment down the lane
The landscape painter stops and smiles at me
And, rearranging his load, goes walking on
Without a word. It’s raining. There’s a huge
Umbrella tied to his belt and I suppose
He’ll protect the canvas with it while he
Paints the wet. I don’t know him. He
Doesn’t know me: neither has seen the other
Work. I have concluded he must be a landscape
Painter, but I don’t know, he might be
Simply walking with equipment to surprise
People like me and hide his true intent,
Whatever it is, just as I, who cannot play
A note, have thought of carrying my son’s
Tuba with me slung over my shoulders
When I walk the dog. Whether or not
He paints masterpieces, trees or nudes, he
Is something to admire, I feel, for though
I’ve sometimes stolen into my son’s empty room
And taken the lumbering instrument from its case,
And though I’ve had my hat and coat on
And the leash, and though I’ve sometimes
Almost made it to the door, I’ve sighed
And put the ungainly tuba back and gone
Out there again anonymous and sad
And walked my dog alone beside the trees.

ENMU’s live Greyhound mascots will go by the names Vic and Tory. The names, chosen from a list of more than 200, were submitted by both Kaitlin Tidwell and Haley LaRue. The Greyhound committee narrowed the submissions to five pairs, which were voted on with cash donations.

Peace Corps Here on December 1 – The United States Peace Corps will have a representative in the Campus Student Union on Tuesday, Dec. 1, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Please stop by for current information or to ask questions.

Deadline for Support Senate Door Decorating Contest is December 4 – The Support Senate is sponsoring their annual "Holiday Door Decorating Contest." The deadline to register is Dec. 4. Doors have to be decorated by Dec. 8. Judging is on Dec. 10, with winners announced that day.

Get into the holiday spirit by decorating your window or door. The cost is $3 per department. You can use all adjoining windows and doors to decorate with one continuous theme. The winner gets the pot. All registration forms and fees are to be sent to station 34.

For more information, or to receive a form, call 2221. Happy Holidays!

University Smoking Policy to be Discussed November 30 – As the result of campus discussions and concerns, some revisions to the University's smoking policy have been proposed. These revisions will be discussed at the Monday, Nov. 30 meeting of University Council. To review the proposed changes [click here]. The proposed changes appear in red. Send any concerns or comments to your constituency president or to Patrice.Caldwell@enmu.edu for the Council's consideration.

Details on Proposed Smoking Areas – The University is seeking input from the campus as to the locations of smoking areas within the main area of the campus. Smoking areas near the student residence halls are being developed separately from the main campus area.

Please review the maps located at the areas listed below and provide your comments to Scott Smart at scott.smart@enmu.edu or call him at 2611.

Site # 1                 located on the east side of Golden Library (at the circulation counter)
Site # 2                 located between CUB and Lea Hall 9 (Campus Union Building Housing Office)
Site # 3                 located west of COB and south of EDUC (new site) (ED 156)
Site # 4                 located on the west side of JWLA (Room 114)
Site # 5                 located on the north side of SAS (Financial Aid Office Room SAS 107)
Site # 6                 located on the south side of ADMIN (Information Office)

Once construction of the Technology building is complete we will add a site in this area.

These sites are being designated in order to comply with the new smoking policy that is being developed for the campus. You can review this policy on the university's intranet site Inside ENMU.

KENW Seeking Volunteers Through December 7 – KENW- TV’s Winterfest 2009 membership drive is coming up soon. Support KENW-TV by volunteering to answer telephones for a few hours through Dec. 7.

Greek Award on December 4 – Friday, Dec. 4, at 4 p.m. in the Golden Library, Ebony Cooper will be presented with the Zondervan Hebrew Prize for excellence in Hebrew studies.

Commencement Reception on December 12 – The Commencement Reception to honor the fall 2009 graduation candidates will be Saturday, Dec. 12 immediately following graduation. The reception will be in the Greyhound Arena south gym. Families, friends, faculty and staff are invited. The reception is sponsored by the ENMU Alumni Association and Academic Affairs.

President's Holiday Reception on December 9 – The President's Holiday Reception for employees and retirees will be from 9-11 a.m. in the Campus Union Ballroom on Wednesday, Dec. 9.

ENMU YouTube Video Contest Open to Everyone – ENMU's Communication Services is sponsoring a YouTube Video Contest open to everyone. Videos should be no longer than 30 seconds with an ENMU connection. Prizes of $100, $50 and $25 gift certificates to the Campus Bookstore will be awarded for the top three videos. The deadline is Dec. 1, 2009.

For more information, e-mail wendel.sloan@enmu.edu or minh.tran@enmu.edu.

Education Hosting Film Series Celebrating ENMU's 75th

The College of Education and Technology joins Eastern New Mexico University in celebrating 75 years of excellence in higher education. As part of that celebration the College is hosting a unique film series.

The series offers films that deal with education as depicted by Hollywood during the last eight decades. There will be a viewing of the selected film and discussion.

The first film, shown on Oct. 15, was "The Great Debaters" and represented the decades of the 1930s-40s.

All movies are shown the third Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. in ED 120. Popcorn will be served. Bring friends and join them for these free movies.

Students in EDF 222 are especially encouraged to attend, and may earn extra credit. For more information, contact Tyson Brown at tyson.brown@enmu.edu.

Enrollment for Medical Leave Bank Continues to November 30 – Open enrollment for the Medical Leave Bank continues through Monday, Nov. 30. Employees who are currently enrolled do not need to re-enroll or contribute additional hours.

The policy and enrollment forms are available [here]. A brochure is available upon request. For more information, call Human Resources at 562.2115.

The Curriculum Committee meets every other Monday in the Broadcast Center Conference Room from 3:30 to 5 p.m. The dates for these meetings for the 2009-2010 academic year are listed below:

1/25/10
2/8/10
2/22/10
3/8/10
4/5/10
4/19/10
5/3/10

The General Education Committee Meeting Schedule:
11/23/09
2/1/10
3/1/10
3/15/10
3/29/10
4/12/10
4/26/10General Comments

ENMU Hosting Holiday Concert on Friday, December 4
by Robin Haislett
Communication Services

Eastern New Mexico University in Portales will host its annual Holiday Concert at 6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 4 at the University Theatre’s Mainstage. The concert features the University Singers and the Chamber Singers, conducted by Jason Paulk and accompanied by Kayla Paulk, and the Symphonic Band, directed by Dustin Seifert and Neil Rutland.

The Symphonic Band will perform “Ding Dong Merrily on High,” conducted by Neil Rutland; “Greensleeves,” arranged by Alfred Reed; “The Nutcracker Suite,” composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky; and “Sleigh Ride,” composed by Leroy Anderson.

The University Singers will perform “The Friendly Beasts with cello, flute, oboe” featuring soloists Dan Carey, Vincent Romano, Racel Mariano and Kathleen Deerman-Smith; “Ave Maria” with soloists Dan Carey, and Nicholas Jones; and “Star in the East” featuring soloists Kelly Vigil, Jazz Juarez, Roberto Garza and Andrew Tipton.

The Chamber Singers will perform “Dixit Maria” by Hans Leo Hassler, “Gaudete” and “Away in a Manger.”

The band and choirs will close the program by performing an audience sing-a-long compilation of familiar carols called “Merry Christmas Everyone.”

“The concert should be a perfect way for the audience to get in the Christmas spirit,” says Paulk. “It will be lively and engaging, very musically rewarding.”

The performance is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Kathi Fraze at 575.562.2377.

ENMU Hosting ‘Acts of Volition’ Art Show
by Robin Haislett
Communication Services

Eastern will host the art show “Acts of Volition” in Golden Library’s Runnels Gallery from Monday, Nov. 30 through Thursday, Dec. 3. A closing reception will be from 5-7 p.m. on Dec. 3.

The themed show, according to Christopher Calderón, Runnels Gallery manager, is how we use art to cope. “What is a ‘problem,’ what is ‘personal experience,’ and how do we use art to express this?” asks Calderón.

Nine student artists will display at least two pieces and one artist will create his own artistic “environment” in a section of the room. The 25 pieces and one “environment” round out the collection of paintings and mixed-media projects.

The participating artists are Matthew L. Beard, Timothy N. Bomar, Lenore D. Dunn, Christopher R. Jaynes, Kary L. Mathys, Elijah R. Nieto, Elizabeth A. Stoliker, Nancy L. Werner and Amanda M. Zopfi.

The exhibit is free and open to the public, and will be open during regular hours (562.2624).

Digital Art and Sculpture to be Displayed at ENMU
by Robin Haislett
Communication Services

Eastern New Mexico University student Lamar (Mo) Barnes will display his bachelor’s of fine arts showcase, along with Diana Cole’s artwork, in Golden Library’s Runnels Gallery from Monday, Dec.7 through Thursday, Dec. 10. A closing reception will be held on the last day of the show from 5-7 p.m.

Barnes, an animation student, will show his digital art created in programs such as Maya, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe InDesign. He is showcasing his artwork as part of the graduation requirement for a bachelor’s of fine arts degree.

Cole is a new adjunct faculty member for fine arts teaching Visual Concepts 1 and the drawing section Materials 1 in addition to being the Theatre Department's new Costume Designer. According to Runnels Gallery manager Christopher Calderón, she will be showing drawings and small sculptures that work with the relationship between words and psychology. Calderón says that Cole’s artwork challenges our traditional concepts of sculpture and drawing.

The exhibit is free and open to the public. Runnels Gallery is open during regular library hours (1-800-450-7279 or 562.2624 locally).

Bikes and Trikes Donations Through December 4

Sponsor: Multicultural Affairs and CUB

Location: Office of African-American Affairs in the Student Success Center "The Alley" , CUB

Dates and times for drop off : Now to Dec. 4 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., excluding Thanksgiving Break (Nov. 25-29)

Additional Information: Multicultural Affairs is collaborating with different community organizations, High Plains Harley Davidson and Boy Scouts of America, to collect nicely used and new bicycles and tricycles for children 1-18 years. All donations will benefit CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) Children. Used bikes and trikes will be refurbished and repaired by Boy Scouts of America. Harley Davidson will pick up all the items donated by the ENMU community. Bikes will be stored in the CUB. Everybody's participation in this initiative will be truly appreciated.

President George H. W. Bush approved designating November 1990 as "Native American Heritage Month" as a month of recognition for the significant contributions of the Native people. This year's theme is "Celebrating Tribal Nations: America's Great Partners."

The office of Native-American Affairs has planned a month full of activities and events. Contact information: 575.562.2470 or e-mail enmu.nativeamericanaffairs@enmu.edu

Nov. 30: Bachata/Salsa Workshop: Hispanic Affairs will present a Bachata/Salsa dance workshop on Monday, Nov. 30 at 6 p.m. in the CUB Ballroom. The instructors will be Victor Lozada (SSgt) from CAFB and Jazmin Loya (ENMU student), who will be making a choreography and will teach easy steps. The music will include both Salsa and Bachata. For information, contact Hispanic Affairs at 562.2451.

Greyhounds Home Tonight – The Greyhound basketball team will be home tonight (Monday, Nov. 30) at 7 p.m. against UT-Permian Basin.

Home Doubleheader on December 3 – The Zia and Greyhound basketball teams will be at home for a doubleheader against Southeastern Oklahoma beginning at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 3.

Informal Wellness Tennis on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday – A group of employees and students play informal Wellness tennis on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5:30 p.m., Saturdays at 10 a.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. at the Eastern tennis courts. All skill levels are welcome.

Noon-Time Wellness Basketball Open to All Employees – Noon-time pickup basketball games in a practice gym in Greyhound Arena each day at noon are open to everyone. For more information, e-mail commissioner Wendel Sloan at wendel.sloan@enmu.edu.

For more information about Distance Education and Outreach courses, call 562.2165. [courses]

Congratulations to the Greyhounds and Zias for big basketball wins over the Thanksgiving break.

"If the Greyhounds and us got killed in a rollover after we picked them up, no one would care about us."

ENMU students share Thanksgiving holiday plans – [pntonline.com]

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Date/Time/Location:
Information Session - Monday, Dec. 7 at 4 p.m. in Science Building, Room 210

Display Tables - Tuesday, Dec. 8 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Science Building lobby and Lea Hall lobby

Apply for positions in the following areas Wildlife, Fisheries, Botany, Hydrology, Recreation, OHV Patrol, Geology, Archeology, Wildland Firefighting, Civil Engineering, Wilderness Rangers and Trail Maintenance

Information Session: Come learn about the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, what it has to offer and how to apply for jobs. Bring a resume and schedule an interview time for Tuesday, December 8.

Display Tables: Meet the U.S. Forest Service recruiters and use their help to apply for positions on site. Please bring a resume.

Need help building or editing your resume? Visit Counseling and Career Services in SAS 232 or e-mail Danette.McGuire@enmu.edu.

The Eastern New Mexico Alumni Association established this award to provide encouragement and financial support for students enrolled at Eastern New Mexico University. It is designated for children and grandchildren of ENMU alumni.

Each scholarship awarded is to be in the amount of $1000, and the number of scholarship recipients chosen is at the committee’s discretion, based on the scholarship funds available. Past recipients may apply each year.

This award is for the academic year and becomes effective in the fall semester. A student must have completed 30 college credit hours before being awarded the scholarship in the fall semester.

The deadline to submit an application is Friday, Dec. 18 at 5 p.m. For more information contact Brooke S. Cordova in the Office of Alumni Affairs office via phone 562.2125 or e-mail brooke.cordova@enmu.edu.

Applications Accepted for Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship Through December 1 – The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship is a prestigious national scholarship open to Sophomores and Juniors in engineering, the natural sciences and mathematics. This competitive scholarship grants $7,500 (per year) to awardees for up to two years. Applicant must be a US citizen, natural or permanent resident. Additional information, application materials and specific awardee disciplines may be found at: www.act.org/goldwater.

Please direct any students you think can compete to: Brian Pasko, JWLA 118L, 562.2367, brian.pasko@enmu.edu (applicant will need to contact him to apply). Initial application deadline for institutional review is Dec. 1; completed application deadline at the Goldwater foundation is Jan. 29.

More info:
What would you do with some extra cash? The U.S. Census Bureau is now hiring for part time jobs in Portales and Clovis. Work up to 40 hours per week starting now through May 2010, enjoy flexible schedule and good pay. Mileage reimbursement available. Apply in person on Friday, November 13, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. in Student Academic Services (SAS) building, room 234. Please bring two forms of ID with you (such as a driver's license and social security card). Please arrive on time; you will need to complete an application and a very short skills test. Bilingual applicants encouraged to apply.

For more information, please contact Grace Parker, U.S. Census Bureau, 575.749.5452 or contact Counseling & Career Services at 575.562.2211

ENMU-Ruidoso President to Retire – President Steven Gamble and the faculty and staff of ENMU- Ruidoso cordially invite you to help honor Dr. Michael Elrod as he retires as president of Eastern New Mexico University – Ruidoso on Wednesday, Dec. 9 at Mountain Annie’s in Ruidoso. Refreshments will be served at 5 p.m. and the reception begins at 5:30 p.m. The address is 2710 Sudderth Dr.

Silent Auction for Seniors – The Senior Volunteer Programs will have a silent auction at the Portales National Bank. The auction will start Monday, Nov. 30 and go thru Dec. 11 closing at 3 p.m. Benefits for this auction will be applied to the Seniors Programs. For more information, contact Monica Calamaco at 575.356.8576 ext. 36 or e-mail MCalamaco@yucca.net.

Non-Emergency Number for University Police is 562.2392 – The non-emergency number to reach University Police is 562.2392. The 311 number is no longer used.

Join ENMU's MySpace Page – You are welcome to join ENMU's MySpace page at http://www.myspace.com/easternnewmexico. You will also find a Blog there in which you can share thoughts, suggestions or questions about ENMU. For for information, e-mail wendel.sloan@enmu.edu.

Winter Break Close at 5 p.m., Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Re-open at normal time, Monday, January 4, 2010

ENMU students share Thanksgiving holiday plans – [pntonline.com]